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Wow. I never really thought about it that way but I think you're on to something there.

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Really? You never heard, "why buy a cow if you can get the milk free?" Women have known that rule for centuries and, until recently, their life depended on what kind of man they could get. 80-100 years ago, it wasn't like today, when a single woman could get a job/career, house, etc. and it wasn't the rule to marry for love back then. A woman used the bargaining power she had and competition that was practically giving away a major part of it was not appreciated.

Our current attitudes about family are still based, in part, on ideals from before 1900, when wives traded sex and housekeeping for food and shelter and children were necessary as homemade farm hands.

Really? You never heard, "why buy a cow if you can get the milk free?" Women have known that rule for centuries and, until recently, their life depended on what kind of man they could get. 80-100 years ago, it wasn't like today, when a single woman could get a job/career, house, etc. and it wasn't the rule to marry for love back then. A woman used the bargaining power she had and competition that was practically giving away a major part of it was not appreciated.

Our current attitudes about family are still based, in part, on ideals from before 1900, when wives traded sex and housekeeping for food and shelter and children were necessary as homemade farm hands.

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Well sure, I've just never thought of the "wives as a political force against prostitution" angle. I understand just wanting to buy some damn milk instead of having to constantly deal with an entire cow. We all do that through our whole dating lives in one way or another but it's usually in the form of drinks, movies, dinners and gifts.

Yet, if prostitution was legal, such frequent testing could easily be made a requirement of the job and prostitutes would be safer than girls you meet in college.

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I read an article that I can't find now that said that California porn stars have the lowest incident of STDs of any group that they track that sort of thing for. California has a law that condoms must be used in any porn movies made in that state. Since they get tested more than most people (also by law) and they usually only have sex for work and always with condoms they are statistically the safest group to hook up with.

I read an article that I can't find now that said that California porn stars have the lowest incident of STDs of any group that they track that sort of thing for. California has a law that condoms must be used in any porn movies made in that state. Since they get tested more than most people (also by law) and they usually only have sex for work and always with condoms they are statistically the safest group to hook up with.

I think that if prostitution becomes legalized, not only do the girls need to be tested frequently for STDs, but the guys need to be tested as well, before they're allowed to sleep with the girls. If you've got an STD, you can't sleep with the girl. That way the girls stay STD free and don't spread diseases between the guys they sleep with.

I wonder if compulsory STD testing coupled with mandatory tattooing for those that test positive in hidden places that only a potential partner would see would go a long way towards preventing the spread (of STDs).

Failing that people should know that blood drives are a great place to meet clean women. Only porn stars are tested more frequently than regular blood donors.

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Who's to say the guy hitting that an hour ago didn't have GC, Chlamydia, or HPV? All three can be asymptomatic. HIV takes about 6 weeks to be positive.

In Hollywood, sex for money is illegal UNLESS they are creating porn. And if they are making porn (not whoopie) the law says they must use rubbers. So who us going to be the condom inspector? And if the participants enjoy their work, does it then become illegal?

As the woman at Mustang Ranch is reputed to have said "It's a business doing pleasure with you."

I'm sorry or my ignorance, but I don't think there is a federal law against prostitution - is there?

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Federal law? I don't think so, because there are whore houses in parts of Nevada, and the feds haven't busted their doors down, as far as I know. I think it's state law that makes it illegal in most states.

Federal law? I don't think so, because there are whore houses in parts of Nevada, and the feds haven't busted their doors down, as far as I know. I think it's state law that makes it illegal in most states.

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Didn't the IRS seize one of the houses for failure to pay taxes...and then couldn't run it at a profit? Maybe the Secret Service rather than the IRS should have been put in charge of the house by the Treasury. Maybe some of the agents from the Columbia visit...

A whore should be judged by the same criteria as other, professionals offering services for pay--such as dentists, lawyers, hairdressers, physicians, plumbers, etc. Is she professionally competent? Does she give good measure? Is she honest with her clients? It is possible that the percentage of honest and competent whores is higher than that of plumbers and much higher than that of lawyers. And enormously higher than that of professors.

Didn't the IRS seize one of the houses for failure to pay taxes...and then couldn't run it at a profit? Maybe the Secret Service rather than the IRS should have been put in charge of the house by the Treasury. Maybe some of the agents from the Columbia visit...

OP, yes, prostitution is just capitalism. Like many other things, the primary reason it is illegal is that wives have a great deal of political power (remember prohibition) and don't care for the competition. Criminalizing prostitution is no more than a way to regulate competition, by those selling the service under long-term contract, who don't want to compete with those selling on a cash & carry basis.

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I have been saying something close to this for years.

I think prostitution is a victimless crime. Providing the woman is willing and clean.

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